tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340544532011-12-09T09:24:00.486+01:00A fumbling T1 who questions everything and everyone!Chrissie in Belgiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02556806942193998413noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34054453.post-6628628257724764742007-11-20T15:22:00.000+01:002007-11-20T16:52:32.969+01:00

Colleen over at Meanderings tagged me for the seven meme… Thanks, Colleen! Sort of .....I am in a grumpy mood which means I do NOT like opening my mouth.......The Rules:1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.2. Post these rules on your blog.3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.5. Let each

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I was very upset when Amy brought to my attention the speech of Dr. Richard Kahn at the Diabetes Technology Society . Amy's engagement has been tremendous. Also please see her follow-up entry here. I really do believe it is important for all diabetics to take a stand. ALL of us, T1s and T2s, have to react when the ADA does not represent the views of diabetics! We must make our voice heard -

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Here is a huge (((((((HUG)))))))to all of you in the Diabetes On-Line Community. Thank you for bringing me out of my loneliness. There is no way that I can properly express in words my emotions. So I send the hug - it is a warm, tight long hug. Thank you for being there. Thank you for understanding when I gripe. Thank you for accepting me given that I am such a

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I mean very BAD! Should I tell you what this naughty dog did yesterday?! I am still furious. (It is fun playing with the colors and font size.) And yes right now my bg is low, so I am warning you I am very philosophical and blabby....Why do we get philosophical and blabby when low? We certainly don't need THAT when we are low?! This is what that naughty dog did yesterday morning..... I took him

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I liked this article in the New York Times. I liked it because people are beginning to open their eyes to the complexity of diabetes.Bernard just sent me this additional article, which seems to be closely related to the article mentioned above. I thought it best to edit my blog entry so you would all the info at the same place! Thank you Bernard for letting me know about this! So much more

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What do I mean by that title? I mean that diabetic stuff is happening to me that I find totally incomprehensible. So maybe the Trio did fly by. That is the best explanation I can come up with. That is what I spent all last night thinking/dreaming about - honestly I couldn't get the Trio out of my head. I wish I could include here a funny picture of the Trio but I am not computer savvy so you can

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I am a little bit upset about what I feel is happening to the Diabetes On-Line Community. I am just speaking from my gut. Many bloggers have begun writing their blogs for magazines, medical forums etc. I really do understand that this can be a wonderful job an d a great source of extra income, but something is getting lost. The heart of the community is dieing. I feel it in my gut. I don't like

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OK, I KNOW that is a weird title! And don't get me wrong - hypos are dangerous, at least the very low ones. My point is this, we ARE going to have hypos so lets appreciate the good things about them! Here is what I love about them. I love the way they can make me perceive the world around me. During a hypo, the sky, blue with white tufts of clouds, is so AMAZINGLY beautiful. The perspective of

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When I got back from Sweden I had so much diabetic material to read...... One article by David Mendosa was of particular interest to me. It concerns our HbA1c values and to what extent they are correlated to complications. It is believed that not only should our HbA1c levels be low, but also two times the standard deviation of oour blood tests should be less than the mean or average of our blood

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I am back! Here is a hug to all of you. I really did miss you. We have done so much in Sweden. It was great seeing the family, but of course we also had big arguments!!!!!! I tell you, kids are easier when they are little. I will leave it at that. It seems unfair to complain when the other side cannot say their point of view. STILL, it was so wonderful in Sweden. I LOVE that country SO MUCH!!!!!!

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This entry will be a splattering of FUN stuff.I am thinking of Sweden...... That is where I will soon be. Among dogs. You are not seeing double, in the following pic. Skye is on the right and Freja, my Mom's curly coated retriever, is on the left. It was taken last summer. Freja loves water and will hop in anywhere. Not Skye! And two summers ago, at 10 weeks old, she looked like this.Cute huh?!

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I know you know you know what that title means! Now my insulin needs are rocketing. I have turned my basal up to 150%. i have changed the needle. This morning I took 5U rather than 2.5u meal bolus and I still had 158 postrandial. This is not normal for me! I felt freezing and yucky in my stomach, so I MADE myself put on 2 sweaters, hat and gloves and jacket and took a REALLY FAST WALK. Maybe I

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Well, I am checking in with a new post......but the news is bad! My insulin requirements have bounced UP AGAIN! Higher than before! I understand nothing. My CDE said on Friday - we cannot always understand! My question is can we EVER really understand. I have tried a bottle of insulin this morning that cannot be at all from previous batches. I just had to do this after reading Lili's post

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Yes, I am making PROGRESS. Today I am so very happy so I thought I must share it. I am exploding with happiness. WHIZ, BAM, BAM , BOOM!!!!Ok, last week I had terrible hypos during my afternoons. I carefully began decreasing my lunch bolus from the elevated 7.5U down again to my pre-February 5U meal bolus, which has worked for me for YEARS! 5U seems to be working perfectly again!!! HOORAY HOORAY

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I am trying to follow everyone's advice - quick little updates that do not have to be perfect. This is HARD for me...... Dam perfectionism!All week I have had hypos after lunch - bad ones in the 30s. As you all know this makes doing anything other than testing impossible. Entire afternoons were spent just testing and sipping coke and NOT doing any of the things I had planned to do! At the

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OK, this post is not about diabetes. It is just a hastily put together post about a wonderful place - Brittany, France. We particularly like Finistère, which is the most western section of Brittany. The further west you go the less people you have. The complete coast of Brittany is availabe for walking - the renown GR34. In the 70s France turned the paths that that use to be used to guard against

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I haven't been able to blog in a long time....... Why? I feel like I have nothing more to say. I feel like a broken record that says the same thing over and over. I have really been thinking several weeks about how to explain this and I get nowhere. All of you are great, and I hope you remain my friends!!!! Maybe things will change and I will want to talk about diabetes again, but right now I am

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In answer to that question, which several OC bloggers have sent to me....... Well, I am working my butt off in trying to manage my bg values and yes, I am kind of sick of the whole thing! What is causing what? When my bg values jump I feel terrible, both physically and emotionally. I BELIEVE very strongly that there is a physiological explanation for my emotional downs. Physically, I am tired.

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Below are the five questions. Here goes...... afterwards I will tell you a bit about some weird D stuff that is happening to me. Remember the weird hypos after lunch, well now my insulin to carb ratio seems to have jumped -UPWARDS! I have no idea why!Here are the questions. Thanks Vivian for sending them! Hug to you and Daniel and your blue bear - to all of you! Hope Daniel's pumping is going

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I haven't posted in quite some time! I do not write my blog to get "X" number of visitors per week. I only write when I have something to say! I like discussing things with people, but there has to be something to discuss. Several important diabetic things have happened. In addition, Per and I have been on vacation in Croatia, part of the old Yugoslavia. For those interested in reading a really

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GO READ LILI'S LAST BLOG POST!Please do it for me.I am NOT alone. I am NOT crazy. This is exactly what I have been talking about..... here!THAT is what I saw this morning! Iili - you understand how frustrating this is!......

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OK, I will not bore you with a million pictures of Carl - just one:Kind of cute, huh?In my posting entitled "Clearing My Brain" dated January 24, 2007 I decided to begin French classes again. The point of doing this was not only to further improve my French but also to teach myself to not get so stressed. I have been going to classes twice a week and I am sort of enjoying them. I continue to get

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CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DAUGHTER, ELLEN!!!!!!!I wrote this blog posting on a completely different theme, but then 5 minutes a go I got the news....... Carl is born! He and Ellen and Olof are all healthy and happy. Ellen went into the hospital called Södra BB in central Stockholm at noon, and Carl was born by a normal birth at approximately 3:30 this afternoon. He's a big, strong Swede, weighing in

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NOT A NICE PERSONI am still struggling with low value ketones. They come and go, and they are driving me crazy. I will make a bet with you. My bet is this - if you are totally stumped by a bg value that is higher than you expected AND if you then check to see if you have any ketones in you blood you will find that you DO have ketones, maybe only 0.1 up to 0.4mmol/liter, but they are there. Even

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DAM! I HAVE BEEN TAGGED. I CANNOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS, but I will give it a shot........ I am not one to give up!BUT I really do NOT think we learn anything about each other! Will this promote dialogue?7 things to do before I die:1. Learn to speak and understand French fluently.2. Learn to NOT always take everything so seriously.3. Travel without the restraints of having to eat on time,wake up on

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Sore Finger Tops and a Mini-ExperimentIn my post entitled "Eye Appointments Suck Big Time" I pointed out the new research concerning the beneficial attributes of putting insulin externally on wounds. Kathy and I were discussing putting our wasted insulin on our sore finger tops. We were both a little worried, wondering if the insulin could get into our blood via the teeny cuts. Now since I had

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Does Anybody Have an Answer?My last post was for you who read my blog. This post is for me!Sometimes I have checked and found that I have small amounts of ketones in my blood, for example 0.1-0.4 mmol/liter. These amounts are not serious, but my question is HOW CAN I PREVENT LOW AMOUNTS OF KETONES FROM HAPPENING?In the past I have had trouble with ketones due to bad insertion sites. Bad insertion

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BRUSSELS I thought I would show you some pictures of Brussels. Now my heart belongs to Stockholm, the Sörmland countryside and Sweden, but right now I live in Brussels so I will show you pictures of that instead. I took some pictures on a morning walk with Skye. I am only going to show you the pretty spots. EVERY city has pretty spots! The following picture is a little street with houses built in

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SOME PROGRESSI had to tell you that I have finally nagged enough to get some things done. I have an appointment for the ophthalmologist at Leuven - at the end of March. Not too bad. I STILL have not received info about the risks of the ranibuzumab eye injections, although I have continued to nag. This is not vital since Barry at Better Cell was so kind to provide me with info on this in his

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FAN JAG ÄR SO JAVLIGT TRÖTTI AM TOTALLY PISSED AT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!I HAVE GOTTEN NO INFO FROM MY OPTHAMOLOGIST - WHICH SHE PROMISED TO SEND A WEEK AGO.MY FAMILY PHYSICIAN HAS NOT CALLED TO SPEAK WITH THE OPTHAMOLOGIST AT LEUVEN......I PULLED OUT THE GOD DAM INSERTION AGAIN!I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HYPOS!I AM SICK AND TIRED OF NORMAL PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE D. My bg

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I DID IT! Scott's post tipped the balance. I finally tried an insertion site on my leg! I did it Saturday morning. My CDE had scared me off, warning me about hypos if it is too close to the muscles when I take long walks or run. Well Saturday in the morningI ran in the park, and in the afternoon Per and I took a fast 2 hour and 10 minute walk in the country. The insertion site has been perfect.

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EYE APPOINTMENTS SUCK BIG TIME!All diabetics understand what I am saying......... The waiting, worrying, sitting and sitting and not even being able to read anything b/c your eyesight is all blurry due to the drops. The drops that sting. Sitting there looking at all the other people who usually look OLD and CRUMBLING. One cannot help but think, "Is this what awaits me?" Worrying about what

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The POINT of My Blogand two other things!First, I simply must speak of the book I am reading - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I have not finished it, but irregardless of its ending, good or bad, it is worth reading. One review found at the above linked Barnes & Noble Website is something like, "If you don't like this book, there is something wrong with you!". This is absolutely true. It is a

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CLEARING MY BRAINI have been reading such thought provoking and beautiful posts lately. I want to mention them here, just in case you might have missed one. Scott's post "What exactly is it?" so well describes the frustrations we all have with D. George's comment at this posting "Don't waste you Wheaties on Diabetes" had me LOL for a long time! In conjunction with this, Lori's Sorrow Tree really

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See my fancy title, it fits me quite well. BTW,I stole it from Bethany who stole it from Julia .My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:Imperial Majesty Chrissie the Perplexed of Studley Roger Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title I seem to be in a blabby mood, maybe I should do a test....... that is often a sign of a low! Later....OK, here I go "stretching" again. Bg couldn't possibly be low now! But

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SKYE - HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!My sweetie-pie-dog Skye is 11 on January 20 - so everyone please join in with me and sing him a happy birthday song. Thank you, thank you. So here come some pictures of my pumpkin:Check out the text on the pillow next to Skye.Isn't he sweet? Doesn't he have beautiful eyes? Doesn't he look terribly "distinguished" with his gray age markings? Eleven years goes so

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A BAD HYPO:but here I am still chugging along and actually I am happier.Which should we take first, the good or the bad? The good - it is more fun! I am getting out of the dumps. Here I go again analyzing why, why , why...... Some of the issues that have been pestering me have disappeared - the computer works, my cold is practically gone and we have had two days of sunny, crisp weather. It has

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GRUMBLING Here goes, I feel like I am walking on egg shells...... I am in a totally terrible mood. On the other hand I know I have nothing to complain about - just trivial, every day problems and I hate myself for even opening my mouth....... I have had a terrible cold for two weeks, but it is going away now. My computer was not fixed by a new "mother card" and "video card". The next day the

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QUESTIONS - SO MANY QUESTIONS! and HURRAH - WE GOT THROUGH ANOTHER CHRISTMAS!First the questions:Who at the OC was it that has recommended the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini? Somebody has it on their profile book list - but WHO? I got this book for Christmas and it is SOOOOO GOOOD. Read it! I promise you - you will like it. Isabel Allende says: "Unforgettable....extraordinary. It is so powerful

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MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!My computer screen is about to collapse. It is dancing and jiggling and changing sizes.Bye.........Keep you fingers crossed for me. I just found out that Freja, Mom's female curly, is in season!!!! We will have to lock Skye and Freja in different parts of the house. My Mom will be staying with us over Xmas. Merry holidays........ See ya next year!ChrissiePS

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I WON!!!!!!Go check out the contest that In Search of Balance held. I am so terribly lucky and happy. I was one of the winners of a gorgeous, hand-made, silver ash leaf pendant made by Monsoon Artisans . Lili and Sandra won too. I am giving it to myself with the text "From my DOC friend Beth 2006-12-15". This is the first time I have won a contest. Thank you, thank you, thank you BETH! Without

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Please Lend Me Your EarCheck out Melissa's blog post . I really think it was great. Also, Melissa loves panutbutter, like I do. About food - who out there is crazy for mushrooms. I adore mushrooms, and this is not a passing fad of mine. I love the normal white mushrooms, Chinese black mushrooms, oyster mushrooms..... I remember munching fresh mushrooms straight out of the box when I sat on the

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REALITY CHECKThe following is a second email I got from Reality Check -an Australian T1 youth organization. I am sorry I am just pasting it in here. Last time I did this I decided I shouldn't have b/c it was way to long. .... and here I am doing it again. I would have preferred to just include a link, but I have searched the site and cannot find this summary of the conference anywhere on the

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SOMETHING TO MAKE US LAUGHPrinted from www.diabeteshealth.com Subscribe Now Toll Free - 800-488-8468I think you should know that I'm very high in carbohydrates.©2006 Diabetes Health. All Rights Reserved.I don't know it that link above works. Anyhow it is a picture of a drooling cat, looking at a chubby mouse, and the mouse says: "I think you should know I am very high in carbohydrates."I got this

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Something to Think AboutThe more I eat, the hungrier I get!What about you?

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A QUESTION ANSWEREDHere follows an email I got from the Australian Yada Yada Diabetes Organisation. I cannot figure out any other way of showing it to you, so I copied it and pasted it in below. I wonder if the links in the email will work??? They are blue, so maybe! WHY is it so TERRIBLY INTERESTING to me? When I was pregnant, AFTER the birth of Ellen, I neded NO insulin for 2 whole days!!!!!

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A SHORT NOTE - that got longerI read an interesting artucle about diabetic research currently being done in Canada. How do beta cells know when to produce insulin? What is the trigger that starts the whole process by which a healthy person maintains stable glucose levels? The Canadian research team has studied a particular protein that is twisted, and thus faulty, in the Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.

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Pictures of Skye and the Beaches of Ré, France.Well, I found the "post editor's toolbar" with the "image" icon - so while I have it I better use it. What should I show other than pictures of Skye! Most people show adorabe pics of their kids - I show cute pictures of my dog! I am not alone in my love of dogs - Kevin showed pics of his dog too! This pic was taken last summer: Below is Skye, taking

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AND THE TOWER OF PISA IS STILL LEANING!!!!Kevin, you keep making me laugh so much - every time I go to my blog to try and learn something or fix something, I JUST START LAUGHING. Together we can make quite a team. My fingers, your observant eyes and a pinch of humor. So here is a BIG HURRAH for Kevin, and let's add George too, the winner of Scott's test strip contest. We better not leave anyone

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PROGRESS !!! Slowly but surely I am learning...... These first blogs of mine are going to have to deal with "blog set-up". They will have lots of questions..... and I appreciate all help, but please keep it simple! Thank you for the support I am being given!!!?1 How do you change labels of previously written posts? I tried to do this by going to the dashboard , then posting, then "edit post". I

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Skye licking Chrissie in back yard116_1646 Originally uploaded by chrissieengelbrecht. I have set up www.flickr.com .This is Skye licking me in my backyard in Belgium. I hope this picture ends up on the top right hand corner of my blog. Will it????

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for finding me! Kathy and Allison and George and Sarah and Bernhard and In Search of Balance and ..... I am such a bubble-head! Please you guys have a little patience with me - this is all going to take me a while to figure out! I am REALLY late - I have a doctor appt, so by for now! I think I managed to publish your comments...... Please you guys any advice is

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HELP!!!This is my first post. I have spent all afternoon trying to set up my blog. I haven't done a bg test and I am getting no exercise b/c I just cannot leave the computer until I get at least one post published. I am a total frazzle. Thirsty too..... Time out - did a bg test - 129. That's OK, but I think it is climbing b/c I usually get some exercise every afternoon. Teeny bolus? Yup - that is

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